Kaoru Abe & Sabu Toyozumi —
Mannyoka ... CD No Business (Lithuania), 1978. New Copy ...
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Fiercely improvised work from the duo of Kaoru Abe on soprano and sopranino saxophone – and Sabu Toyozumi on drums and percussion! On "Song For Mithue Totozumi", the pair jump right into the fray – with Abe spinning out these incredible lines with effortless ease – ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Rodrigo Amado with Peter Evans —
Freedom Principle ... CD No Business (Lithuania), 2014. New Copy ...
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The title definitely lives up to the sound of the record – a really loose, free session from a quartet that includes strong work from both trumpeter Peter Evans and tenorist Rodrigo Amado – the latter of whom leads the group! All tracks are long, and build with a nice degree of energy ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Attic (Rodrigo Amado/Goncalo Almeida/Onno Govaert) —
Summer Bummer ... CD No Business (Lithuania), 2019. New Copy ...
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Tenorist Rodrigo Amado gets plenty of open space to really show off his creative tones and textures here – improvising freely in a trio that also features Goncalo Almeida on bass and Onno Govaert on drums! We've heard Amado before, but somehow he really grabs us here – partly because ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Derek Bailey & Mototeru Takagi —
Live At Farout ... CD No Business (Lithuania), 1987. New Copy ...
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Two sharp-edged players, coming together here in a wonderful set of live improvisations – Derek Bailey on guitar and Mototero Takagi on alto sax – each working as if they've understood each others special qualities through years of performing together on stage! Bailey's strings have a ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Derek Bailey & Mototeru Takagi —
Live At Farout ... LP No Business (Lithuania), 1987. New Copy ...
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Two sharp-edged players, coming together here in a wonderful set of live improvisations – Derek Bailey on guitar and Mototero Takagi on alto sax – each working as if they've understood each others special qualities through years of performing together on stage! Bailey's strings have a ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Billy Bang & William Parker —
Medicine Buddha ... CD No Business (Lithuania), 2014. New Copy ...
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Wonderful work from two players who've just gotten better and better over the decades – both musicians who've made a huge impression from the late 70s onward, but who also continue to grow and refine their ideas as the years go on! This set features beautiful duets recorded at the Rubin ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Conny Bauer/Matthias Bauer/Day Magnus Narvesen —
Gift ... LP No Business (Lithuania), 2020. New Copy ...
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Trombonist Conny Bauer is a master of deep, dark tones – which are spun out beautifully here next to the bass of Matthias Bauer and drums of Dag Magnus Narvesen – all spontaneously creating in this way that really builds nicely, and which often seems to keep all three musicians equally ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Bobby Bradford/Frode Gjerstad/Kent Carter/John Stevens —
Blue Cat ... LP No Business (Lithuania), 1991. New Copy ...
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We never cease to be amazed at the sonic sensibilities of the cornet of Bobby Bradford – a musician who always seems to turn out stunning work, no matter what the decade! Here, Bradford is heard in an unissued live performance that features one long improvisation – but a piece that has ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A fantastic testament to the slow-burning spiritual genius of Marion Brown – a player who sometimes got eclipsed in an era of bigger avant personalities, but who really gets to showcase his talents in a spare setting like this! The live performance pairs Brown's alto with the piano of Dave ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Adam Caine/Adam Lane/Bob Lanzetti/Billy Mintz —
Transmissions ... CD No Business (Lithuania), 2020. New Copy ...
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Adam Caine has lots of sounds in his bag here – work that varies not just as he switches between electric guitar, electric bass, and synthesizer – but which also brings out a range of different qualities on each instrument! The approach is a bit hard to describe, but is not that far ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Adam Caine/Adam Lane/Bob Lanzetti/Billy Mintz —
Transmissions ... CD No Business (Lithuania), 2020. Used ...
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Adam Caine has lots of sounds in his bag here – work that varies not just as he switches between electric guitar, electric bass, and synthesizer – but which also brings out a range of different qualities on each instrument! The approach is a bit hard to describe, but is not that far ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Francois Carrier/Masayo Koketsu/Daisuke Fuwa/Takashi Itani —
Japan Suite ... CD No Business (Lithuania), 2020. New Copy ...
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Not a suite as in the sense that you might guess from the title – nothing composed, no overarching master idea – as instead the set features a series of improvisations all recorded in Saitama – featuring a group with both Francois Carrier and Masayo Koketsu on alto saxes, plus ... (Jazz) read moreCD
A real lost chapter of 70s genius from reedman John Carter – a set done after his better-known recordings with Bobby Bradford, in a style that's much more spacious overall! The material features a trio – with Carter on both soprano sax and clarinet, both instruments he plays with an ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Great live work from French horn player Vincent Chancey – one of the few jazz musicians we've ever known to touch that instrument, and maybe one of the best! French horn was used famously by Julius Watkins in a series of 50s modern jazz recordings – but there, the instrument was often ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Detail (Johnny Dyani/Frode Gjerstad/John Stevens) —
Day Two ... CD No Business (Lithuania), 1982. New Copy ...
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A fantastic long improvisation by the best version of the Detail trio – the one that features Johnny Dyani on bass, Frode Gjerstad on tenor and soprano sax, and John Stevens on drums! That lineup didn't leave behind many recordings – which makes this one completely essential, as it ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Free Jazz Group Weisbaden —
Frictions/Frictions Now ... CD LST/No Business (Lithuania), 1969/1971. New Copy ...
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A pair of albums from this lesser-known German improv group from the start of the 70s – two rare albums that are as free as their name, and which were both initially pressed in small runs of just a few hundred copies! The quartet have a surprisingly lyrical approach to their music at times ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Frank Gratkowski/Achim Kaufmann/Wilbert De Joode/Tony Buck —
Flatbosc & Cautery ... CD No Business (Lithuania), 2018. New Copy ...
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Reedman Frank Gratkowski always has a way of making unusual sounds from his familiar instruments – in this case, alto, clarinets, and flutes – and his energy on the record is really matched by the other three performers, who improvise with Frank in a loft in Germany with a spirit that's ... (Jazz) read moreCD
There's something about the Eastern European scene that seems to pull out some of the darkest sounds you'll ever hear from avant players – and this recent Lithuanian performance by Mats Gustafsson is key proof of that fact! The album's got a sound that's often even more abstract than avant ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Barry Guy —
Irvin's Comet ... LP No Business (Lithuania), 2021. New Copy ...
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Solo bass from the great Barry Guy – titled after the painting Comet, by Albert Irving – an image which graces the cover of the record – but served up here in a style of sound that's completely Barry's own! The music has that mindblowing quality that Guy can hit when he's really ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Julius Hemphill & Peter Kowald —
Live At Kassiopeia ... CD No Business (Lithuania), 1987. Used 2 CDs ...
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A great mix of solo and duo performances from reedman Julius Hemphill and bassist Peter Kowald – recorded together live in the late 80s, with lots of wonderful open space to really do their thing! The first part of the set features some amazing soprano and alto sax solo work from Hemphill ... (Jazz) read moreCD
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William Hooker & Thomas Chapin —
Crossing Points ... CD No Business (Lithuania), 1992. New Copy ...
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Dark-edged, long-form improvisations from the duo of William Hooker on bass and Thomas Chapin on tenor – recorded in the early 90s in New York, but done with a freewheeling sound that really carries on a loft jazz legacy! Chapin's definitely got an ear for some of the rawer, more exploratory ... (Jazz) read moreCD
We're not entirely sure if the set was recorded underground, but there's definitely a sense of resonance that comes through in the performance – this echoey space that just seems to further intertwine the improvisations of the members of the group! Katarsis4 is an all-horn group – with ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Peter Kuhn —
Other Shore ... CD No Business (Lithuania), 2016. New Copy ...
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It seems like it's been many years since we last heard from reedman Peter Kuhn – but the sharpness of this set hardly marks the passage of time, as Kuhn's every bit as vibrant as he was a force on the avant scene of the late 70s and early 80s! As before, Kuhn handles a lot of b-flat and bass ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Andrew Lamb/Tom Abbs/Michael Wimberley/Guillermo B —
Rhapsody In Black ... CD No Business (Lithuania), 2008. New Copy ...
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Andrew Lamb is billed as "The Black Lamb" here – a nice nickname, given the earthy quality of the set! The group's got two percussionists at its core – Michael Wimberly and Guillermo E Brown – both players with different energies that help expand the roots of the record ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Adam Lane/Darius Jones/Vijay Anderson —
Absolute Horizon ... CD No Business (Lithuania), 2013. New Copy ...
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Adam Lane's bass is superb here – really shaping the sound in a sublime way right from the start – brooding and bold up from the bottom – never too heavy-handed, but a force that directs the recording beautifully, and really gives shape to the alto of Darius Jones and drums of ... (Jazz) read moreCD
The album's got a very poetic title, and a wonderfully poetic sound as well – music that adds up to way more than the 1000 seconds promised on the front, served up in beautiful duets between Jan Maksimowicz on soprano sax and Dimitrij Golovanov on piano! Some tunes are quite short, others ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A really compelling collaboration between Joe McPhee and Michael Zerang – both players who've worked together often in the past, but who seem to find a fresh new voice on this album! Things are very loose and free – and the pair perform live, improvising some amazing sounds between ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Juozas Milasius/Tomas Kutavicius/Dalius Naujokaitis —
Live At Willisau 1993 ... LP No Business (Lithuania), 1993. New Copy ...
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The core trio here steps out on their own at first, and are then augmented by work from the Lithuanian Young Composers Orchestra – an added quartet who really bring an intensity to the performance! Well, maybe that intensity is already there – but slightly muted – as the guitar ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Bitches Brew is the club, not the sound of the music – a night spot in Yokohama where European reedman Liudas Mockunas improvised these performances in the company of a range of different Japanese players! The lineup shifts with each track, as do the horns handled by Mockunas – who ... (Jazz) read moreCD
A fantastic lost legacy in European free improvisation – the complete works of a group who were first known as Modern Jazz Quintet Karlsruhe, then later as Fourmenonly – presented here in a beautiful 3CD set! First up is the album Trees – issued on a small label in 1968, but a ... (Jazz) read moreCD
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Sunny Murray/Bob Dickey/Robert Andreano —
Homework ... LP Super Secret Sound/No Business (Lithuania), 1994. New Copy (reissue)...
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Drummer Sunny Murray really hit some wonderfully subtle, sensitive moments in the later years of his career – as you'll definitely hear here, working in a trio with Robert Andreano on guitar and Bob Dickie on bass! Both of the string players use their instruments in ways that are often ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Evan Parker/Barry Guy/Paul Lytton —
Concert In Vilnius ... CD No Business (Lithuania), 2019. New Copy ...
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This longstanding trio of musical partners really sounds wonderful here – attuned to the strengths and subtleties of each member – and able to open up with a beautiful sense of flow on the extended live improvisation on the set! All three musicians have always had as much of an ear for ... (Jazz) read moreCD
The core RED trio works here with a very expanded lineup – one that turns their smaller-format free jazz into the mode of an improvising orchestra – all in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the trio! The group features Rodrigo Pinheiro on piano, Hernani Faustino on bass, and ... (Jazz) read moreCD
A fantastic lost slice of work from reedman Sam Rivers – recorded at a point when he was really able to let loose and go for a long stretch of a time – and with a mode that's a bit similar to his better-known late 70s recordings for the Circle label! Some of the elements here are the ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Unissued work from the fantastic Sam Rivers – a live date recorded in Germany in 1979, with a vibe that's somewhere in the territory of Sam's late 70s albums for the Circle label with Joe Daley – but handled here in a nicely different way! Daley is in the group on euphonium and tuba, ... (Jazz) read moreCD
A tremendous lost performance from the great Sam Rivers – working here with an ultra-hip trio that features Cecil McBee on bass and Norman Connors on drums! The style is in that free, longform improvisation mode that Rivers hit as the 70s began – often quite spiritual in nature, even ... (Jazz) read moreCD
A searing live performance from Sam Rivers – never issued before, and recorded as one non-stop improvisation with a really amazing trio! Rivers plays tenor, soprano, flute, and piano – and the record is a great example of the constantly creative energy that he can bring to the fold ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Wadada Leo Smith & Sabu Toyozumi —
Burning Meditation ... CD No Business (Lithuania), 1994. New Copy ...
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Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith in his best sort of setting – working in an openly creative space for improvisation, one that has Smith not only shaping things majestically with his lines on trumpet – but also making some nice shifts to other instrumentation too! Drummer Sabu Toyozumi is a ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Masayuki JoJo Takayanagi/Nobuyoshi Ino/Masabumi Puu Kikuchi —
Live At Jazz Inn Lovely 1990 ... CD No Business (Lithuania), 1990. New Copy ...
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It's almost impossible to describe the vibe of this one in words – as the set's got this style of improvisation that's very unique – angular and modern, but also warmly melodic in its own sort of way! The group features Masayuki Jojo Takayanagi on guitar, Nobuyoshi Ino on bass, and ... (Jazz) read moreCD
John Tchicai/Cecil McBee/Garrison Fewell/Charlie K —
Tribal Ghost ... LP No Business (Lithuania), 2013. New Copy ...
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The set's got a really beautiful sound – one that comes from the ringing guitar tones of Garrison Fewell, and the twin reeds of John Tchicai and Charlie Kohlhase – each of whom plays in a different channel of the recording! This approach gives the record a great sense of space from the ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Threadbare (Jason Stein/Ben Cruz/Emerson Hunton) —
Silver Dollar ... CD No Business (Lithuania), 2020. New Copy ...
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There's few folks who can handle a bass clarinet with the dynamic of Jason Stein – and here, as a member of the Threadbare trio, he really demonstrates his power on the instrument! For reedmen of an older avant jazz era, the bass clarinet was sometimes the instrument they would use for ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Sabu Toyozumi/Mats Gustafsson —
Hokusai ... CD No Business (Lithuania), 2018. New Copy ...
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Reedman Mats Gustafsson seems to be able to improvise with just about anyone – really shifting his sound and his spirit to match the moment, which is definitely the case here in a set of duets with drummer Sabu Toyozumi! There's a spaciousness here that's very different than some of ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Sabu Toyozumi/Mats Gustafsson —
Hokusai ... LP No Business (Lithuania), 2018. New Copy ...
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Reedman Mats Gustafsson seems to be able to improvise with just about anyone – really shifting his sound and his spirit to match the moment, which is definitely the case here in a set of duets with drummer Sabu Toyozumi! There's a spaciousness here that's very different than some of ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Nate Wooley/Liudas Mockunas/Barry Guy/Arkadijus Gotesmanas —
Nox ... LP No Business (Lithuania), 2021. New Copy ...
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A masterful set of improvisations from a quartet who can move at so many different levels and speeds – sometimes very spacious and sensitive, other times with a ferocity that shows that they've really found their footing together as a unit! Nate Wooley is on trumpet, and is often at his best ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album